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San Francisco, CA, September 21, 2015 - VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, brings one of Japan's most celebrated anime series to an exhilarating conclusion as it announc...

I arrived an hour early, planning to grab lunch before the screening, but by the time I got there the line was already snaking up to the street and down the block. There's no real point in going to see a cartoon idol movie if you're not going to a...

Want to go from flabby to body builder in five months? Yeah, who doesn't, right? It may seem to be an impossible feat, but one couple in Korea did it and they are loving life. The couple's transformation from on-the-chubby-side to bodybuilding not...

It's been about two and a half years since the initial announcement that Berserk - the 36-plus volume manga series about a wandering swordsman named Guts - would be the subject of an ambitious adaptation by Studio 4°C.

It's wowed the internet for years, starting with Burger King Japan's 5th anniversary celebration back in 2012. It's the Kuro Burger or "Black Burger. " Now, the menacing meat is supposedly coming to America in time for Halloween, with some big mod...

Shortly after the final performance of "The Sound of Tiger & Bunny" concert series in Yokohama on September 20, 2015, the official Tiger & Bunny Twitter account posted a Tweet that has lead some fans to speculate that more Tiger & Bunny animation ...

GARNiDELiA consists of vocalist MARiA and producer Toku. MARiA is famous for her activity on NicoNico Douga as a utaite and an odorite for many years, having covered many popular Vocaloid songs as well as her MVs for Lamb, and Girls with Miume and...

A couple of characters from spin-offs and extensions to popular franchises are set to be featured in Medicom Toy's line of nearly foot-tall Real Action Heroes premium figures. Due in June 2016, the white-clad Saber Bride from the Fate/EXTRA CCC RP...

Star Wars: The Force Awakens won't be out until December. If you are Chewbacca (and really, why aren't you? ), that means you have time to kill. In Japan, that's exactly what the wookiee has been doing.

It's Open Castle Day, when the public is allowed into a corner of the castle, and Shirayuki and the others join in the festivities. The Review Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers) It's Open Castle day in th...

Sadly, Tokyo Game Show 2015 is now over, but the buzz created by the event is still tingling in our bellies and in our hearts! Kind of like indigestion, but awesome. We saw and tried a lot of cool stuff, but we couldn't catch it all, unfortunately.

The anime adaptation of Okayado's Monster Musume (Everyday Life with Monster Girls) manga is one of the more popular series this season so there is no surprise that more is on the way. But, the final episode of the anime that aired earlier today m...

After wrapping up Soul Eater in August 2013 and Soul Eater Not! in November 2014, Atsushi Ōkubo is back with his new Enen no Shouboutai (Fire Brigade of Flames), launching in September 23rd's Weekly Shonen Magazine's 2015 issue 43 from Kodansha.

Toho today opens the official website for the upcoming new Godzilla film scheduled for Summer of 2016, announcing its official title Shin Godzilla and three main cast. It will be the first Japanese Godzilla film in 12 years since Ryuhei Kitamura's...

Promotion for the upcoming anime adaptation of Takayuki Mizushina's popular four-panel manga Lovely Muco! has been minimal to be sure, but it's something that's expected from how a lot of short form shows are.

November 24 in N. America, November 25 in Europe KOEI Tecmo Games announced on Tuesday that it is bringing the PS Vita port of the Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires (Shin Sangoku Musou 7: Empires) to the West via digital download.

Girl Friend Beta: A Summer Spent with You. The latest trailer shares a look at some of the various events, along with dating and love confession scenes. The game takes place at the Kiyoshi Sakura Academy, where you'll get to spend time with the gi...

Caitlynn French is a voice actress who has been voicing characters for Sentai Filmworks such as Ai from Sunday Without God and Shiro from No Game No Life since 2012. Recently, I was able to do an interview with her via email where I ask about gene...

Premiering on the Disney Big Grin channel Level-5 will try to take over the Western world, and give Pokémon a black eye, when it releases Yo-Kai Watch in North America in November. The battle of slightly confusing RPG franchises with never-ending ...

Posted by Travis Bruno on Sep 23, 2015 Categories: Anime News, News, Sentai Filmworks | 0 comments | Fans of Corpse Party had likely given up hope that the Corpse Party: Tortured Souls OVA episodes that were released two years ago in Japan would e...

A family with tons of children has them all compete in an election to be crowned king. It was mildly entertaining. Not particularly bad, not particularly good. I did enjoy the main character, Akane, with how shy she was.

The fall season of anime at Crunchyroll continues to gain momentum today as The Asterisk War, based on the light novel series written by Yuu Miyazaki, illustrated by Okiura, and animated by A-1 Pictures, is set to simulcast with an exclusive 7-day...

I'm so glad things went so well for Earphones. As expected, Ichigo wanted to dance no matter what. So she begged the girls to not tell the staff about her foot injury, or else their work from all those months are going to go to waste.

On September 23, Music Station will have a special episode titled Music Station Ultra Fes. This special is in celebration of Music Station's 30th anniversary. The show will start at noon and continue until 9:48 PM.

HaNaYaMaTa Available January 19th HOUSTON, September 22, 2015 - Home video distributor Section23 Films today announced its January slate of releases; including Sentai Filmworks' latest acquisition, the bittersweet coming-of-age story HaNaYaMaTa.

Like the changing of the leaves the Fall anime season brings a change in source materials, with the latest crop of shows full of light novel adaptations and anime originals. In grand Glorio Blog tradition, I'm in charge of the second part, which f...

Ramencon 2015 was held Sept. 18-20 at the Star Plaza Radisson in Merrillville, IN, and, as always, was a great time! This year, I was pulling double duty - I ran a table in the Artist Alley and also ran four panels at the convention.

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